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| 2. Je Taille Ma Route |
| 3. El Mungo |
| 4. Pour Gagner |
| 5. Les Gitans |
| 6. La-Bas |
| 7. Les Habitants Du Feu Rouge |
| 8. Canal Du Midi |
| 9. Le Periph |
| 10. Soif De La Vie |
| 11. Les Hommes Seuls |
| 12. Metro |
| 13. Les Enfants Rouges |
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New Album from Highly-respected French Pop Singer-songwriter.
My only complaint is the somewhat flimsy cardboard box that houses the contents of this musical treasure. Mine came damaged, and considering the price, I expected better packaging. This is a minor quabble on my part and NO, I havent returned it due to the fact that the music itself Is what I truly treasure, It just would have been nicer to have recieved it undamaged.
Music-5
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*for the record I had rated this Item 5 stars not the 3 stars that is showing at the top of my review*
I have also previously owned most of the Gold CDs, 1988 releases, and 1999 remasters. I have listened to the 1999 remasters and compared them to the 1988 remasters. The 1988 releases were tinny and flat sounding, while the 1999 version of this album was rich and full. I have also compared both of them with this 2007 remix. Clearly, this remix is the way to go. I CANNOT SAY THE SAME FOR THE DOORS REMIX ALBUMS AFTER STRANGE DAYS. After that, they sound waaaaay different which is not what I am pursuing. Some of you probably want a different sound and that's fine. The bottom line: the 2007 remix of the 1st album is "brighter" and "crispier" than the 1999 remasters and the 1988 CD release. I believe the 1999 release might sound a bit "fuller" than this 2007 remix, but I will definitely listen to this version from now on hopefully. Jim's voice is a tad more distant on some of the songs on the "2007" remix. It's plain as day to hear that. I think the instruments are turned up a bit higher and his voice level remains the same as before. The stereo separation is about the same as the 1999 and 1988 CD release, but the cymbals really come crashing through a lot louder and are more crisp and the drum are punchy. Any way you slice it, the remix gives your tweeters more work to do, but the organ and cymbals do tend to drown Jim out somewhat (but not too bad). This remix, in my opinion stays very close to the way everyone remembers The Doors' first album, only accentuating and embellishing it a bit. I was always disappointed at the tinny and flat sounding 1988 CDs, the 1985 Greatest Hits CD and the DCC 24 Karat Gold CDs as well even though they were a slight improvement.
By the way, just like the 1999 release added some lyrics, those lyrics appear here as well. On Break on Through, Jim says "She gets high" and on The End a particular expletive appears at the end of the song just as it appears in Apocalypse Now.
This speed issue with "Light My Fire" is an even bigger difference than The Police's 1978 original album "Outlandos d' Amour" that features "Roxanne" which suffered from being mastered at too slow a speed since its first CD release in the late 80's, and it was interesting to hear it on the 2003 remaster at the correct speed. I played "Light My Fire" to a friend and he picked out the difference immediately.
The speed discrepancy was brought to Bruce Botnick's attention by a Brigham Young University professor who stated that all the video and audio live performances of The Doors performing Light My Fire, as well as the sheet music show the song being in a key almost a full half step higher than the LP release. That should make sense because when I have seen the Doors perform live on their concert videos they plays the song faster. Also, the verse chords should alternate between A minor and F sharp minor in the song- but instead on the LP and CD versions they are an A Flat minor and an F minor. This explains why on CD releases "Light My Fire" claims to run 6:50, but in all reality runs around 7:05. Finally, this remixed CD runs at the proper speed. Light my Fire is 6:50 here.
Moonlight Drive Version 1 and 2 are nice to have, along with an alternate Indian Summer, but my main purpose in buying this was to compare/contrast the differences in speed and sound quality and have "Light My Fire" at the correct speed.
I remember sitting in my parent's room as the first echoes of CCR's "Susie Q" insinuated themselves into the night. The song exploded into its agonizing distorted guitar solos, and I wondered, who the heck is THAT? How can they be so good on the guitar? Is there more of this stuff?
Of course, the answer was "yes", and I have never looked back. A great summer, that, with musical experimentation blasting out everywhere. I ate it all up, buying "underground " records up everytime they appeared.
Some of the albums from those days sound dated, and are unlistenable except for nostalgia purposes. Other offerings still stand tall, and some still blow the competition away.
I heard about the Doors from a friend, and of course bought this first offering from the band. "Light My Fire" was a monster hit, but I owned the album for all the songs, not just the circus-like hook of the organ on the featured song. Good as that song is, it is only tied for maybe 6th place on the record. "Break on Through" is the first cut, and the near manic vocal by Morrison, over a driving rhythm and great lyrics, sets the tone for the album. Also on display is that strange, otherworldly quality to the tone and feeling of the album, a staple of Doors music. It's hard to describe, but other fans know what I'm talking about.
The album contains hard core rockers, like the aforementioned "Break on Through", as well as blusey numbers like "Back Door Man". "The End", an 11 minute play, caused a sensation with its story about a killer that awoke before dawn, killed his family and raped his mother. Things like that just didn't appear in media in those days. "Alabama Song" is a drinking song, but I bet everyone can sing along with it. I've read in several places that the Door's next album, "Strange Days" is better, but don't you believe it.
Morrison has a big voice on this album. He hits the notes with power and presence. Ray Manzarek showed star power on the keyboards, backed with solid, powerful drumming by John Densmore. Robbie Krieger hits some nice licks on the guitar. In concert, Manzarek played bass with his left hand, on another keyboard. Larry Knechtal is often credited with doing the studio bass work on this album.
No matter who backed him, Jim Morrison was going to be a star. He hit the music industry at the right time, with a stage presence, lyrics, looks and voice that were going to propel him into the absolute upper reaches of the Rock and Roll stratosphere. This album rocks like no other Door's album, as close to pure Rock and Roll as they were ever going to get. It is a truly great album, not only for its content but its impact on the industry. Going on 40 years now, and this one is still one of the very, very, very, best albums ever made.
The Crystal Ship and Light My fire are beautiful songs..love them both.
I like the new Doors remasters. They restored the songs Break on through,
Backdoor Man and the End especially. These 3 songs were edited on previous editions of CD's and Lp's. I think it was a shame to edit the songs in the first place. But hey..for the young and unitiated Doors fans they get the uncut Doors as it was intended! Loved this CD so much, I bought all 6 of the remasters..The Doors rule. Their music will live on forever.
cheers
philip
I was a little disappointed with 'Away from the Sun', it was less rocky and the tunes didn't seem to appeal as much to me as the ones in 'The Better Life' did. One song that does stick out from the rest of the album is 'Here Without You'. I was breathless when I heard this one, didn't actually know what to say but amazing.
'Here Without You' is the song that makes the Album as popular as it is, and if I were to think about buying this album now, I would just for that one song. For every '3 Doors Down' fan, its like law, you have to buy every album!!
If your a newcomer to '3 Doors Down' then buy 'The Better Life' first - its a much better album, or even the third album 'Thirteen Days'.
The first song is the monster single "Kryptonite," an unforgettable pop rock song. Arnold's lyrics emit loss and confusion, yet very emotionally. The guitar riffs at the end of the song and early pluckings are part of what make this song so great. The next song was also a single, "Loser." I like this song a lot. The lyrics speak darkly of depression and addiction. My favorite part is towards the middle, when the song breaks into a furious guitar battle, before dipping back into the spinning midtempo of the beginning. "Duck and Run" is an inspiring song with a great performance from Arnold, a highlight. I think my favorite song, though, is "Not Enough," a well-written and memorable song about a struggling relationship. "Be Like That" is a slow, sad songabout troubled yet hopeful folks, I remember this being a hit too, and for good reason. "Life of My Own" comes off as very similar to "Not Enough," but it's pretty good too. The title track is fast, classic-sounding hard rock with a great guitar line. "Down Poison" is the album's most disturbed song by far, an eerie and loud but quite effective track. "By My Side" is not bad but forgettable, and the faster "Smack" is better. The final song "So I Need You" isn't very memorable either.
"The Better Life" is a very solid and enjoyable album of late-90s styled alternative rock, but it's a very accessible sound that should appeal to many types of listeners. Except for a few slight missteps towards the end of the tracklist, it's a very nice album to have and I recommend it.
Don't get me wrong, this isn't a bad album. It's got some pretty good hooks and the guitarists aren't bad. Brad Arnold is a decent vocalist, although he can sometimes be a bit monotonous.
But now I'm going to focus on the negatives, because not many reviewers have done that yet.
I didn't really like the guitar tone. I can't really explain why but I think it needed better production. Of course, this is a minor problem.
Also, I didn't like how the guitarists always played in a staccato style. Although it works really well on fast paced songs like Smack, they often used it when it was inappropriate. I felt they should have held their notes longer on songs like Kryptonite and Better Life. Often there will be very noticable gaps between their notes, with nothing to fill them in, and it ends up sounding pretty amateur. It also makes the playing sound very mechanical and lifeless. It kinda takes the soul out of the music, if you know what I mean.
Also, the drummer, although he gets the job done, was pretty ordinary. It just seems like he's playing the same drum beat in every single song. This is exacerbated by the bad sound production, which makes the bass drum and the toms harder to hear and the cymbols easier to hear. In the end, it just sounds like he's just sitting there hitting the symbols the whole time.
My greatest problem with this album, however, is not the individual songs, but the album as a whole. The songs on their own a very good, but it's difficult to listen to the 11 tracks consecutively because they are too similar to each other. The whole album is very monotonous, lacking in variation to keep the listener interested. There is little variation in the tone and dynamics of the album as a whole. Most of the songs have the typical soft chorus with acoustic guitar followed by a loud chorus with powerchords from the electric guitar type of song structure which was popularised by Nirvana in the early nineties. The problem is this song structure has been so overused by rock bands in the past 16 years that this album automatically becomes mediocre for its overuse of it. Every song on the album except the ballad Be Like That and the last 3 songs utilises this song strucure. The only difference is, the first 6 songs start with an acoustic guitar riff and the rest (apart from the last one) start off with an electric guitar riff. None of the songs start with a drum beat, or ambience or anything different. Most of the songs seem to have the same mood or themes and this makes it very tedious. Brad Arnold's singing is also very monotonous. He hardly changes pitch or volume throughout the whole album.
This is not a bad album for those who are new to rock. It certainly contains quite a few catchy hooks. But in the end, the album, as a whole, comes off quite bland due to its monotony. If you want something heavy, alternative, or if you want variety this is not the album for you.
Everyone knows the hits Kryptonite, Loser, etc. - you couldn't turn on the radio back then without hearing one of them. Those songs are fine however, the best songs on the album may be Not Enough and Life Of My Own. Both songs are straight ahead rock with hooks and melodies that grab you.
This album isn't anything new. It's just basic rock that came back after the "grunge" era. A very good rock album and well worth the inexpensive price.
It opens with the dark, hallucinatory beauty of "Strange Days," with Jim Morrison's rich voice singing distantly, "Strange days have found us/Strange days have tracked us down/They're going to destroy/Our casual joys..." His melancholy vocals are totally at odds with the energetic drums, keyboard and bouncy melody.
It's followed by the affectionate-sounding "You're Lost, Little Girl," and the deliciously stompy-bluesy "Love Me Two Times." Having hooked listeners in, the Doors spill out a stream of bluesy rock'n'roll -- sometimes it's dusty and raw, and sometimes it's flavoured with keyboard. And at the end there's a haunting pair of slow, atmospheric rockers -- the darkly enticing "I Can't See Your Face in My Mind," and the sprawling electrobluesy "When the Music's Over."
"Strange Days" does pretty much the same thing as the Doors' first album -- a catchy intro, blues-rocky middle parts, and a haunting, long outro that lingers in your mind. The big difference is that in this album, their music is less striking, but it is more polished and experienced.
That polish is especially present in the music -- Robby Krieger played some brilliantly flexible guitar, whether it was lean rock riffs or a funky little tune, and John Densmore was equally good with some quirky drums. Ray Manzarek flavoured the whole thing with marimba and colourful waves of keyboard. Most of the time this worked -- the only real exception is the dark, mildly frightening "Horse Latitudes," which is a good experimental track, but it feels out of place.
But Morrison gave the music that extra boost into genius. He had a rich, full voice that could flower into a croon, a murmur, or an impassioned howl. And his songwriting was pretty much poetry, full of strange imagery and passions ("The face in the mirror won't stop/The girl in the window won't drop/A feast of friends/Alive, she cried/Waiting for me outside...").
The Doors continued doing what they did best in "Strange Days," a blend of blues and psychedelic rock'n'roll. Definitely a deserving classic.
Pros: The clarity of all the instruments is amazing. I can't say enough about the sound. I don't have a problem with the album being remixed because I think it's done for the better. The remixes are subltle enough to the casual fan that they probably won't even notice.
Cons: My only beef is there really aren't any "bonus" tracks on here. A live track or two would have been nice.
The long liner-notes are a must read for those of us too lazy to read whole books on the doors. Indeed, if one reads the liners to all these re-releases, one will get a tremendous and condenced and poetic sense of the doors and their mission. Just because the Doors were egomaniacs, and just because they were rather primitive musically, does not mean that they were not giants. Critics often make the mistake of believing that skill, professionalism and accurate self-assessments are some profoundly determining factor in art. They are not. Many of the most competent and sane folks on the planet are also the dullest and finally the most discouraging.
Doors believers, of which I am one, having been a real member of the now dormant "Church of The Doors," can truly take solace in this re-release series. The focus on the multiple takes of Roadhouse Blues reveals not only a certain lack of technical talent, but also a wonderful and child-like curiosity and experimentalism, which, finally, is more important that excellent craftsmanship. Sorry, you classical music didacticians and cynical, nihilist rock critics.
One great gift on this album that bears retelling is the simplistic and Wagnerian "Waiting for The Sun." The song was dumped from the album which bears its name, and one can see why, because it's a rather half-complete concept. However, as the graces would have it, many projects in which the gods cut us short are the best ones. This song, had they thought it out too much, would have lost its wondrous simplicity. True, they only put it on this record because they were in a bit of a slump, but, astounding, it's rather fun and has an almost early british invasion meets the Ventures kind of all-wrongness that comes out just magestically.
Another forgotten and underated song is "The Spy," which is really fantastic even though they could only think of one verse and simply repeated it over and over again. But, as one commericial songwriter I know, one who has sold tens of thousands of albums once said, "The problem with certain songs is that they only have one verse, but that often ends up being the whole genius of them."
Indian Summer is another almost Half-Song which, if the Doors had felt like they were on a hot streak, might have never let see the light of day. But, as it is, the song is nearly a nursery rhyme, one that is amazingly powerful in its innocense.
The truth was, Jim Morrison was not really a singer. And, as snobby literary critics love to point out, was not the great poet that he thought he was. But, as Cosmic Fate would have it, had he been a true professional at either, the whole force of Jim Morrison's massive, albeit flawed, character would never have created the half-century stir that they have. Genius is not what great craftsman do with their natural talents, it's what people with big gaps in their talent do to make up for it. (A concept I stole from Vonnegut's Bluebeard.)
Morrison Hotel caught The Doors right in an awkward middle of their career, but even so, this re-release is just a fabulous gift to us all.
Why not, they are not bad albums, just without Jim. I think that if you're going to re-master and re-mix your album catalog, you should complete the task.
As for the song alternate takes and outtakes, I can only say that, at least for this edition, they are fantastic. Everyone of them is worth listening to, and definately show the process involved in the band's creative process. As far as I know, no bootlegs have EVER surfaced of the DOORS unused studio outtakes. So this is definately a welcome addition. I do have one last criticism, and it's a big one. With the technology of DUALDISC, I cant understant why the Doors didnt allow the 5.1 DVD mix of these songs, which were included on their third, and latest box set from last year. It would have been nice, to have the 5.1 remix, along with some videos, included with the CD. I have no idea how those 5.1 remixes sounded. Maybe they were not very good, except for those albums recorded on 8 or 16 tracks. I would have gladly paid a couple extra dollars to have that DUALDISC technology involved with this project. Overall, for a true Door's fan, I suppose you are suppost to shell out $200 for the newest BOX SET to get those 5.1 DVD mixes, or live with the 2007 version. Well, fine for the famously rich. So, why did the band release these album remixes, with alternate takes? "I THINK I KNOW THE REASON BUT I CAN'T SPELL IT". ($$$-how do you THAT?)
The CD shows an effort to remain the same, but become more progressive as well. 3 doors down is just a great band that always seems to produce catchy songs that people love, and the cd's always house something for everyone.
Same story here...from harder rock, to ballads they do a great job!
And once you hear the song Here with me....you'll melt. It's just one of the best songs ever.
Well...
The way they recycle already recycled riffs over and over and over again is... riveting.
That fake southern accent takes my breath away.
The never changing song structure requires some real ingenuity, which these guys epitomize; brilliance!
Those sappy, basic lyrics that impress the mentally handicapped really touch my heart; and it hurts.
Overall Wow. All I can say is wow. Where did this ray of light come from?
Track Listing
1. Right Where I Belong
2. It's Not Me
3. Let Me Go
4. Be Somebody
5. Landing In London
6. The Real Life
7. Behind Those Eyes
8. Never Will I Break
9. Father's Son
10. Live For Today
11. My World
12. Here By Me
Do not expect a standard story with a narrative arc. "An American Prayer" is better heard as a cohesive mood that begs to be played in one sitting on a moonless night with a solitary candle. To explore the nightmare terrain, Morrison pens words the F.C.C. would not allow for public broadcast; nonetheless the word choice, for the most part, is effective and essential despite the vulgarity. At times the poetry can be trite as the following line from the title poem, "An American Prayer." "Do you know we are ruled by T.V." But more often the words are compelling for its imagery like the following gem from the title poem. "Death makes angels of us all & gives us wings where we had shoulders smooth as raven's claws." The fallen world Morrison ushers the listener into is one full of confusion, madness, random acts of violence, sex and sudden death.
"An American Prayer" does contain a murderer on the loose ("The Hitchhiker") and it is Morrison himself. Dead Indian souls are ready to possess Morrison's childhood mind in "Newborn Awakening." Barely above a whisper, Morrison says, "Indians scattered on dawn's highway bleeding/Ghosts crowd the young child's fragile eggshell mind." Morrison's melancholic thoughts speak of a poet not well-adjusted. Morrison's voice is clear, but also has a worn edge to it. This is no surprise when you consider Morrison had become overweight, suffered a fallout and conviction from a 1969 Miami concert (Morrison is found guilty of profanity and exposing himself), and had countless paternity suits plaguing the end of his life.
In "Stoned Immaculate," Morrison pleads, "Let me tell you about heartache and the loss of god,/Wandering, wandering in hopeless night." And then later asks in "Lament," "Could any hell be more horrible than now and real?" It is hard to argue with him after this beautiful tour of discord ends.
Bohdan Kot
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The Best Of The Doors
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ASIN: B000002H22 Release Date: 2006-08-08 |
Tracks:
- Break On Through
- Light My Fire
- The Crystal Ship
- People Are Strange
- Strange Days
- Love Me Two Times
- Alabama Song
- Five To One
- Waiting For The Sun
- Spanish Caravan
- When The Music's Over
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- Roadhouse Blues
- L.A. Woman
- Riders On The Storm
- Touch Me
- Love Her Madly
- The Unknown Soldier
- The End
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The Best of The Doors delivers exactly what it promises. Rather than relying solely on the hits, this collection also mines the darker, and often richer, recesses of The Doors material resulting in a fairly representative statement. The hits are here: "Light My Fire" with Ray Manzarek's keyboards on a dizzy, psychedelic spree; "People Are Strange," with Morrison's tortured psyche barely being held in check; "L.A. Woman," with its bluesy sexuality. More important, favorites of fans are here, like the controversially (at the time) explicit "The End," which was one of the first of Morrison's forays into narrative poetry. In hits like "Break on Through," "Hello I Love You," "Roadhouse Blues," and others, The Doors melded psychedelia, blues, hard-edged rock, and poetry from the edge like no other band before. The Best of The Doors is a trip in every sense of the word. --Steve GdulaCustomer Reviews:
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- Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring/Very Old Friends
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- Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring/Weathertop
- Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring/The Caverns of Isengard
- Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring/Give Up the Halfling
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- Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring/Moria
- Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring/Gollum
- Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring/Balin's Tomb
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- Khazad-Dum
- Caras Galadhon (featuring Lament for Gandalf, performed by Elizabeth Fraser)
- The Mirror of Galadriel
- The Fighting Uruk-hai
- Parth Galen
- The Departure of Boromir
- The Road Goes Ever On (part 1)
- May It Be (composed and performed by Enya)
- The Road Goes Ever On (part 2. featuring In Dreams, perfomed by Edward Ross)
- Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring/Khazad-D
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As fans of Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy know, each film exists in two versions: the theatrical one and the extended one that appeared on DVD. This luxurious box set--which also comes with a detailed essay on the movie's musical themes--features the full extended score, so many cues not on the CDs of the individual movies are included. Granted, the majority of listeners will be perfectly happy with the shorter versions of the scores--it's a safe bet that most people can live without hearing, say, Ian McKellen's 35-second-long ditty "The Road Goes Ever On" at the beginning of "Bag End," or Viggo Mortensen's performance of his own composition, "The Song of Lúthien," within the track "The Nazgûl." But if you're a completist and/or a devotee of Howard Shore's pounding tympani and overwhelming choral compositions (featured particularly prominently on disc 3, a large chunk of which is devoted to a battle scene), then this set is a dream come true. Audiophiles should note that the fourth disc, a DVD, offers the score in Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound. Fire up those speakers so the whole shire can hear. --Elisabeth VincentelliAlbum Description
An epic film score receives epic treatment with The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring/Complete Recordings. Released for the first time on CD, the complete score for the first film in the Lord of the Rings trilogy contains more than 180 minutes of music on three CDs plus a DVD-Audio disc of the entire score in Surround Sound. Breathtaking and majestic, the 2001 Oscar and Grammy winning score compsted by Howard Shore also includes Enya's Oscar nominated "May It Be." For fans of any of The Lord of the Rings films, the Fellowship of the Ring/Complete Recordings is an essential experience.Customer Reviews:
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Excellent Music tracks from Movie.......2007-05-03
Complete?.......2007-04-07
Great Collection, Poor Packaging.......2007-04-03
My only complaint is the somewhat flimsy cardboard box that houses the contents of this musical treasure. Mine came damaged, and considering the price, I expected better packaging. This is a minor quabble on my part and NO, I havent returned it due to the fact that the music itself Is what I truly treasure, It just would have been nicer to have recieved it undamaged.
Music-5
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*for the record I had rated this Item 5 stars not the 3 stars that is showing at the top of my review*
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ASIN: B000MCIBE8 Release Date: 2007-03-27 |
Tracks:
- Break On Through (To The Other Side)
- Soul Kitchen
- The Crystal Ship
- Twentieth Century Fox
- Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)
- Light My Fire
- Back Door Man
- I Looked At You
- End Of The Night
- Take It As It Comes
- The End
- Moonlight Drive (Version 1) (Bonus)
- Moonlight Drive (Version 2) (Bonus)
- Indian Summer (8/19/66 Vocal) (Bonus)
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On their 1967 debut album, the Doors more than fulfilled the promise of their infamously challenging gigs around Los Angeles throughout the previous year. Whether belting out a standard like "Back Door Man" or talk-singing such originals as "The Crystal Ship" and "I Looked at You," leather-clad vocalist Jim Morrison exuded both sensuality and menace. The mixture, on the outsize album finale, "The End," helped rewrite the rules on rock song composition. None of this would have worked, though, were it not for the highly visual instrumental work of keyboardist Ray Manzarek, guitarist Robbie Krieger, and drummer John Densmore, whose work on tracks such as "Take It As It Comes" and the lengthy hit "Light My Fire" virtually defined the rock-blues-jazz-classical amalgam that was acid-rock. --Billy AltmanAlbum Description
THE DOORS, first released in January 1967, is one of rock music's most famous debuts. It hit #2 in Billboard®, and delivered the #1 signature smash "Light My Fire" plus "Break On Through," "The Crystal Ship," and "The End." In-depth essay by Ben Fong-Torres (a principal Rolling Stone writer during the Doors heyday). Three bonus tracks include alternate takes of "Moonlight Drive" and a previously unissued version of "Indian Summer."Customer Reviews:
The ups and downs of this remixed album.......2007-07-01
I have also previously owned most of the Gold CDs, 1988 releases, and 1999 remasters. I have listened to the 1999 remasters and compared them to the 1988 remasters. The 1988 releases were tinny and flat sounding, while the 1999 version of this album was rich and full. I have also compared both of them with this 2007 remix. Clearly, this remix is the way to go. I CANNOT SAY THE SAME FOR THE DOORS REMIX ALBUMS AFTER STRANGE DAYS. After that, they sound waaaaay different which is not what I am pursuing. Some of you probably want a different sound and that's fine. The bottom line: the 2007 remix of the 1st album is "brighter" and "crispier" than the 1999 remasters and the 1988 CD release. I believe the 1999 release might sound a bit "fuller" than this 2007 remix, but I will definitely listen to this version from now on hopefully. Jim's voice is a tad more distant on some of the songs on the "2007" remix. It's plain as day to hear that. I think the instruments are turned up a bit higher and his voice level remains the same as before. The stereo separation is about the same as the 1999 and 1988 CD release, but the cymbals really come crashing through a lot louder and are more crisp and the drum are punchy. Any way you slice it, the remix gives your tweeters more work to do, but the organ and cymbals do tend to drown Jim out somewhat (but not too bad). This remix, in my opinion stays very close to the way everyone remembers The Doors' first album, only accentuating and embellishing it a bit. I was always disappointed at the tinny and flat sounding 1988 CDs, the 1985 Greatest Hits CD and the DCC 24 Karat Gold CDs as well even though they were a slight improvement.
By the way, just like the 1999 release added some lyrics, those lyrics appear here as well. On Break on Through, Jim says "She gets high" and on The End a particular expletive appears at the end of the song just as it appears in Apocalypse Now.
This speed issue with "Light My Fire" is an even bigger difference than The Police's 1978 original album "Outlandos d' Amour" that features "Roxanne" which suffered from being mastered at too slow a speed since its first CD release in the late 80's, and it was interesting to hear it on the 2003 remaster at the correct speed. I played "Light My Fire" to a friend and he picked out the difference immediately.
The speed discrepancy was brought to Bruce Botnick's attention by a Brigham Young University professor who stated that all the video and audio live performances of The Doors performing Light My Fire, as well as the sheet music show the song being in a key almost a full half step higher than the LP release. That should make sense because when I have seen the Doors perform live on their concert videos they plays the song faster. Also, the verse chords should alternate between A minor and F sharp minor in the song- but instead on the LP and CD versions they are an A Flat minor and an F minor. This explains why on CD releases "Light My Fire" claims to run 6:50, but in all reality runs around 7:05. Finally, this remixed CD runs at the proper speed. Light my Fire is 6:50 here.
Moonlight Drive Version 1 and 2 are nice to have, along with an alternate Indian Summer, but my main purpose in buying this was to compare/contrast the differences in speed and sound quality and have "Light My Fire" at the correct speed.
"...AND HE CAME TO A DOOR !" (intelligent, wildly poetic, and tripping on acid, Jim Morrison breaks on through).......2007-05-27
The Legend from the Summer of '67.......2007-05-22
I remember sitting in my parent's room as the first echoes of CCR's "Susie Q" insinuated themselves into the night. The song exploded into its agonizing distorted guitar solos, and I wondered, who the heck is THAT? How can they be so good on the guitar? Is there more of this stuff?
Of course, the answer was "yes", and I have never looked back. A great summer, that, with musical experimentation blasting out everywhere. I ate it all up, buying "underground " records up everytime they appeared.
Some of the albums from those days sound dated, and are unlistenable except for nostalgia purposes. Other offerings still stand tall, and some still blow the competition away.
I heard about the Doors from a friend, and of course bought this first offering from the band. "Light My Fire" was a monster hit, but I owned the album for all the songs, not just the circus-like hook of the organ on the featured song. Good as that song is, it is only tied for maybe 6th place on the record. "Break on Through" is the first cut, and the near manic vocal by Morrison, over a driving rhythm and great lyrics, sets the tone for the album. Also on display is that strange, otherworldly quality to the tone and feeling of the album, a staple of Doors music. It's hard to describe, but other fans know what I'm talking about.
The album contains hard core rockers, like the aforementioned "Break on Through", as well as blusey numbers like "Back Door Man". "The End", an 11 minute play, caused a sensation with its story about a killer that awoke before dawn, killed his family and raped his mother. Things like that just didn't appear in media in those days. "Alabama Song" is a drinking song, but I bet everyone can sing along with it. I've read in several places that the Door's next album, "Strange Days" is better, but don't you believe it.
Morrison has a big voice on this album. He hits the notes with power and presence. Ray Manzarek showed star power on the keyboards, backed with solid, powerful drumming by John Densmore. Robbie Krieger hits some nice licks on the guitar. In concert, Manzarek played bass with his left hand, on another keyboard. Larry Knechtal is often credited with doing the studio bass work on this album.
No matter who backed him, Jim Morrison was going to be a star. He hit the music industry at the right time, with a stage presence, lyrics, looks and voice that were going to propel him into the absolute upper reaches of the Rock and Roll stratosphere. This album rocks like no other Door's album, as close to pure Rock and Roll as they were ever going to get. It is a truly great album, not only for its content but its impact on the industry. Going on 40 years now, and this one is still one of the very, very, very, best albums ever made.
Difference?.......2007-05-06
She gets high...!.......2007-04-25
The Crystal Ship and Light My fire are beautiful songs..love them both.
I like the new Doors remasters. They restored the songs Break on through,
Backdoor Man and the End especially. These 3 songs were edited on previous editions of CD's and Lp's. I think it was a shame to edit the songs in the first place. But hey..for the young and unitiated Doors fans they get the uncut Doors as it was intended! Loved this CD so much, I bought all 6 of the remasters..The Doors rule. Their music will live on forever.
cheers
philip
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Away From The Sun
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ASIN: B00006ZCFG Release Date: 2002-11-12 |
Tracks:
- When I'm Gone
- Away From The Sun
- The Road I'm On
- Ticket To Heaven
- Running Out Of Days
- Here Without You
- I Feel You
- Dangerous Game
- Changes
- Going Down In Flames
- Sarah Yellin'
- Bonus Track 1
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Away From Originality.......2007-05-03
For a follow up - its a bit of a letdown.......2007-01-31
I was a little disappointed with 'Away from the Sun', it was less rocky and the tunes didn't seem to appeal as much to me as the ones in 'The Better Life' did. One song that does stick out from the rest of the album is 'Here Without You'. I was breathless when I heard this one, didn't actually know what to say but amazing.
'Here Without You' is the song that makes the Album as popular as it is, and if I were to think about buying this album now, I would just for that one song. For every '3 Doors Down' fan, its like law, you have to buy every album!!
If your a newcomer to '3 Doors Down' then buy 'The Better Life' first - its a much better album, or even the third album 'Thirteen Days'.
3 Doors Down.......2007-01-17
What were these guys thinking? .......2006-10-21
The beginning of a slump in both sound and a rejection of their old fans.......2006-08-11
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ASIN: B00004C4QQ Release Date: 2000-02-08 |
Tracks:
- Kryptonite
- Loser
- Duck And Run
- Not Enough
- Be Like That
- Life Of My Own
- Better Life
- Down Poison
- By My Side
- Smack
- So I Need You
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The Mississippi-based quartet 3 Doors Down has only one thing that sets them apart from other hard rock bands: lead vocalist Brad Arnold is also the drummer. The group shops the sounds of Pearl Jam and the Goo Goo Dolls, pointing at what they like, picking it off the shelf, and throwing it into the stew. While the music on The Better Life, their debut, sounds overall both competent and confident, the songs themselves are equally uninspired and clichéd. For example, the riff from the track "Loser" is straight out of the Alice in Chains songbook, adding much more cringe-worthy lyrics ("Addiction needs a pacifier, the buzz of this poison is taking me higher"). In fact, most of the lyrics zero in on well-worn rock themes of aggravation, confusion, and frustration, feelings that 3 Doors Down will easily coax out of discriminating listeners. --Jason JosephesCustomer Reviews:
Accessible rock that's rough around the edges.......2007-07-09
The first song is the monster single "Kryptonite," an unforgettable pop rock song. Arnold's lyrics emit loss and confusion, yet very emotionally. The guitar riffs at the end of the song and early pluckings are part of what make this song so great. The next song was also a single, "Loser." I like this song a lot. The lyrics speak darkly of depression and addiction. My favorite part is towards the middle, when the song breaks into a furious guitar battle, before dipping back into the spinning midtempo of the beginning. "Duck and Run" is an inspiring song with a great performance from Arnold, a highlight. I think my favorite song, though, is "Not Enough," a well-written and memorable song about a struggling relationship. "Be Like That" is a slow, sad songabout troubled yet hopeful folks, I remember this being a hit too, and for good reason. "Life of My Own" comes off as very similar to "Not Enough," but it's pretty good too. The title track is fast, classic-sounding hard rock with a great guitar line. "Down Poison" is the album's most disturbed song by far, an eerie and loud but quite effective track. "By My Side" is not bad but forgettable, and the faster "Smack" is better. The final song "So I Need You" isn't very memorable either.
"The Better Life" is a very solid and enjoyable album of late-90s styled alternative rock, but it's a very accessible sound that should appeal to many types of listeners. Except for a few slight missteps towards the end of the tracklist, it's a very nice album to have and I recommend it.
Good introduction to rock.......2007-02-07
Don't get me wrong, this isn't a bad album. It's got some pretty good hooks and the guitarists aren't bad. Brad Arnold is a decent vocalist, although he can sometimes be a bit monotonous.
But now I'm going to focus on the negatives, because not many reviewers have done that yet.
I didn't really like the guitar tone. I can't really explain why but I think it needed better production. Of course, this is a minor problem.
Also, I didn't like how the guitarists always played in a staccato style. Although it works really well on fast paced songs like Smack, they often used it when it was inappropriate. I felt they should have held their notes longer on songs like Kryptonite and Better Life. Often there will be very noticable gaps between their notes, with nothing to fill them in, and it ends up sounding pretty amateur. It also makes the playing sound very mechanical and lifeless. It kinda takes the soul out of the music, if you know what I mean.
Also, the drummer, although he gets the job done, was pretty ordinary. It just seems like he's playing the same drum beat in every single song. This is exacerbated by the bad sound production, which makes the bass drum and the toms harder to hear and the cymbols easier to hear. In the end, it just sounds like he's just sitting there hitting the symbols the whole time.
My greatest problem with this album, however, is not the individual songs, but the album as a whole. The songs on their own a very good, but it's difficult to listen to the 11 tracks consecutively because they are too similar to each other. The whole album is very monotonous, lacking in variation to keep the listener interested. There is little variation in the tone and dynamics of the album as a whole. Most of the songs have the typical soft chorus with acoustic guitar followed by a loud chorus with powerchords from the electric guitar type of song structure which was popularised by Nirvana in the early nineties. The problem is this song structure has been so overused by rock bands in the past 16 years that this album automatically becomes mediocre for its overuse of it. Every song on the album except the ballad Be Like That and the last 3 songs utilises this song strucure. The only difference is, the first 6 songs start with an acoustic guitar riff and the rest (apart from the last one) start off with an electric guitar riff. None of the songs start with a drum beat, or ambience or anything different. Most of the songs seem to have the same mood or themes and this makes it very tedious. Brad Arnold's singing is also very monotonous. He hardly changes pitch or volume throughout the whole album.
This is not a bad album for those who are new to rock. It certainly contains quite a few catchy hooks. But in the end, the album, as a whole, comes off quite bland due to its monotony. If you want something heavy, alternative, or if you want variety this is not the album for you.
Im Passing Away onto the better life.......2006-08-18
Not at all what I expected..........2006-07-05
Everyone knows the hits Kryptonite, Loser, etc. - you couldn't turn on the radio back then without hearing one of them. Those songs are fine however, the best songs on the album may be Not Enough and Life Of My Own. Both songs are straight ahead rock with hooks and melodies that grab you.
This album isn't anything new. It's just basic rock that came back after the "grunge" era. A very good rock album and well worth the inexpensive price.
'The Better Life' couldn't have been much better..........2006-06-30
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Strange Days
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ASIN: B000MCIBAW Release Date: 2007-03-27 |
Tracks:
- Strange Days
- You're Lost Little Girl
- Love Me Two Times
- Unhappy Girl
- Horse Latitudes
- Moonlight Drive
- People Are Strange
- My Eyes Have Seen You
- I Can't See Your Face In My Mind
- When The Music's Over
- People Are Strange (False Starts & Dialogue) (Bonus)
- Love Me Two Times (Take 3) (Bonus)
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STRANGE DAYS, first out in October '67, went to #3 and introduced the Doors classics "People Are Strange," "Love Me Two Times" and "Strange Days." In-depth liner notes by Barney Hoskyns, co-founder of online rock library Rock's Backpages. Two bonus extras include previously unreleased versions of "People Are Strange" and "Love Me Two Times."Customer Reviews:
My eyes have seen you.......2007-05-16
It opens with the dark, hallucinatory beauty of "Strange Days," with Jim Morrison's rich voice singing distantly, "Strange days have found us/Strange days have tracked us down/They're going to destroy/Our casual joys..." His melancholy vocals are totally at odds with the energetic drums, keyboard and bouncy melody.
It's followed by the affectionate-sounding "You're Lost, Little Girl," and the deliciously stompy-bluesy "Love Me Two Times." Having hooked listeners in, the Doors spill out a stream of bluesy rock'n'roll -- sometimes it's dusty and raw, and sometimes it's flavoured with keyboard. And at the end there's a haunting pair of slow, atmospheric rockers -- the darkly enticing "I Can't See Your Face in My Mind," and the sprawling electrobluesy "When the Music's Over."
"Strange Days" does pretty much the same thing as the Doors' first album -- a catchy intro, blues-rocky middle parts, and a haunting, long outro that lingers in your mind. The big difference is that in this album, their music is less striking, but it is more polished and experienced.
That polish is especially present in the music -- Robby Krieger played some brilliantly flexible guitar, whether it was lean rock riffs or a funky little tune, and John Densmore was equally good with some quirky drums. Ray Manzarek flavoured the whole thing with marimba and colourful waves of keyboard. Most of the time this worked -- the only real exception is the dark, mildly frightening "Horse Latitudes," which is a good experimental track, but it feels out of place.
But Morrison gave the music that extra boost into genius. He had a rich, full voice that could flower into a croon, a murmur, or an impassioned howl. And his songwriting was pretty much poetry, full of strange imagery and passions ("The face in the mirror won't stop/The girl in the window won't drop/A feast of friends/Alive, she cried/Waiting for me outside...").
The Doors continued doing what they did best in "Strange Days," a blend of blues and psychedelic rock'n'roll. Definitely a deserving classic.
Great album.......2007-04-19
Pros: The clarity of all the instruments is amazing. I can't say enough about the sound. I don't have a problem with the album being remixed because I think it's done for the better. The remixes are subltle enough to the casual fan that they probably won't even notice.
Cons: My only beef is there really aren't any "bonus" tracks on here. A live track or two would have been nice.
A Classic Release Brought Back To Life!.......2007-04-10
Remixed!!!.......2007-04-03
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ASIN: B000MG1ZG0 Release Date: 2007-03-27 |
Tracks:
- Roadhouse Blues
- Waiting For The Sun
- You Make Me Real
- Peace Frog
- Blue Sunday
- Ship Of Fools
- Land Ho!
- The Spy
- Queen Of The Highway
- Indian Summer
- Maggie M'gill
- Talking Blues (Bonus)
- Roadhouse Blues (11/4/69, Takes 1-3) (Bonus)
- Roadhouse Blues (11/4/69, Take 6) (Bonus)
- Carol (11/4/69) (Bonus)
- Roadhouse Blues (11/5/69, Take 1) (Bonus)
- Money Beats Soul (11/5/69) (Bonus)
- Roadhouse Blues (11/5/69, Takes 13-15) (Bonus)
- Peace Frog (False Starts & Dialogue) (Bonus)
- The Spy (Version 2) (Bonus)
- Queen Of The Highway (Jazz Version) (Bonus)
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MORRISON HOTEL, released in 1970 in the wake of Morrison's infamous indecency bust, hit #4 and introduced "Waiting For The Sun," "Roadhouse Blues," and "Ship Of Fools." Insightful liner notes from David Fricke. Ten bonus tracks include eight previously unissued takes of "Roadhouse Blues, a run-through of Chuck Berry's "Carol," a jazz version of "Queen Of The Highway," and the previously unreleased "Money Beats Soul."Customer Reviews:
I have to disagree with Jerry below...............2007-07-15
Not the original Horrible ruined Classic !.......2007-07-14
Morrison Hotel, Brilliant & Uneven.......2007-05-08
The long liner-notes are a must read for those of us too lazy to read whole books on the doors. Indeed, if one reads the liners to all these re-releases, one will get a tremendous and condenced and poetic sense of the doors and their mission. Just because the Doors were egomaniacs, and just because they were rather primitive musically, does not mean that they were not giants. Critics often make the mistake of believing that skill, professionalism and accurate self-assessments are some profoundly determining factor in art. They are not. Many of the most competent and sane folks on the planet are also the dullest and finally the most discouraging.
Doors believers, of which I am one, having been a real member of the now dormant "Church of The Doors," can truly take solace in this re-release series. The focus on the multiple takes of Roadhouse Blues reveals not only a certain lack of technical talent, but also a wonderful and child-like curiosity and experimentalism, which, finally, is more important that excellent craftsmanship. Sorry, you classical music didacticians and cynical, nihilist rock critics.
One great gift on this album that bears retelling is the simplistic and Wagnerian "Waiting for The Sun." The song was dumped from the album which bears its name, and one can see why, because it's a rather half-complete concept. However, as the graces would have it, many projects in which the gods cut us short are the best ones. This song, had they thought it out too much, would have lost its wondrous simplicity. True, they only put it on this record because they were in a bit of a slump, but, astounding, it's rather fun and has an almost early british invasion meets the Ventures kind of all-wrongness that comes out just magestically.
Another forgotten and underated song is "The Spy," which is really fantastic even though they could only think of one verse and simply repeated it over and over again. But, as one commericial songwriter I know, one who has sold tens of thousands of albums once said, "The problem with certain songs is that they only have one verse, but that often ends up being the whole genius of them."
Indian Summer is another almost Half-Song which, if the Doors had felt like they were on a hot streak, might have never let see the light of day. But, as it is, the song is nearly a nursery rhyme, one that is amazingly powerful in its innocense.
The truth was, Jim Morrison was not really a singer. And, as snobby literary critics love to point out, was not the great poet that he thought he was. But, as Cosmic Fate would have it, had he been a true professional at either, the whole force of Jim Morrison's massive, albeit flawed, character would never have created the half-century stir that they have. Genius is not what great craftsman do with their natural talents, it's what people with big gaps in their talent do to make up for it. (A concept I stole from Vonnegut's Bluebeard.)
Morrison Hotel caught The Doors right in an awkward middle of their career, but even so, this re-release is just a fabulous gift to us all.
Here's an idea.......2007-04-25
Why not, they are not bad albums, just without Jim. I think that if you're going to re-master and re-mix your album catalog, you should complete the task.
I think I know the reason but I cant spell it.......2007-04-17
As for the song alternate takes and outtakes, I can only say that, at least for this edition, they are fantastic. Everyone of them is worth listening to, and definately show the process involved in the band's creative process. As far as I know, no bootlegs have EVER surfaced of the DOORS unused studio outtakes. So this is definately a welcome addition. I do have one last criticism, and it's a big one. With the technology of DUALDISC, I cant understant why the Doors didnt allow the 5.1 DVD mix of these songs, which were included on their third, and latest box set from last year. It would have been nice, to have the 5.1 remix, along with some videos, included with the CD. I have no idea how those 5.1 remixes sounded. Maybe they were not very good, except for those albums recorded on 8 or 16 tracks. I would have gladly paid a couple extra dollars to have that DUALDISC technology involved with this project. Overall, for a true Door's fan, I suppose you are suppost to shell out $200 for the newest BOX SET to get those 5.1 DVD mixes, or live with the 2007 version. Well, fine for the famously rich. So, why did the band release these album remixes, with alternate takes? "I THINK I KNOW THE REASON BUT I CAN'T SPELL IT". ($$$-how do you THAT?)
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Seventeen Days
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ASIN: B00070Q8JK Release Date: 2005-02-08 |
Tracks:
- Right Where I Belong
- It's Not Me
- Let Me Go
- Be Somebody
- Landing In London
- The Real Life
- Behind Those Eyes
- Never Will I Break
- Father's Son
- Live For Today
- My World
- Here By Me
Album Description
After selling 12 million albums since their debut in 2000, 3 Doors Down released their third studio album, entitled Seventeen Days, on February 8, 2005. The album, recorded at Ocean Way Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, and produced by Johnny K (Finger 11, Disturbed) features twelve original songs, including the road-weary ballad "Landing in London" featuring Bob Seger. Seventeen Days is the band's first studio album since 2002's multiplatinum Away from the Sun and the first new material since 2003's RIAA Gold-certified live EP Another 700 Miles. From Escatawpa, Mississippi, 3 Doors Down is Brad Arnold, lead vocals; Matt Roberts, guitar; Todd Harrell, bass; and Chris Henderson, guitar.Customer Reviews:
Here with ME!.......2007-05-31
The CD shows an effort to remain the same, but become more progressive as well. 3 doors down is just a great band that always seems to produce catchy songs that people love, and the cd's always house something for everyone.
Same story here...from harder rock, to ballads they do a great job!
And once you hear the song Here with me....you'll melt. It's just one of the best songs ever.
Great album........2007-05-16
totally amazing.......2007-03-08
Well...
The way they recycle already recycled riffs over and over and over again is... riveting.
That fake southern accent takes my breath away.
The never changing song structure requires some real ingenuity, which these guys epitomize; brilliance!
Those sappy, basic lyrics that impress the mentally handicapped really touch my heart; and it hurts.
Overall Wow. All I can say is wow. Where did this ray of light come from?
GOOD but NOT GREAT.......2006-08-18
"Seventeen Days" is excellent!.......2006-08-09
Track Listing
1. Right Where I Belong
2. It's Not Me
3. Let Me Go
4. Be Somebody
5. Landing In London
6. The Real Life
7. Behind Those Eyes
8. Never Will I Break
9. Father's Son
10. Live For Today
11. My World
12. Here By Me
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Live In Boston
The Doors Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General
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ASIN: B000RO9PXC Release Date: 2007-07-24 |
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Jim Morrison and the Doors Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General
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ASIN: B000002HJD Release Date: 1995-05-23 |
Tracks:
- Awake
- Ghost Song
- Dawn's Highway
- Newborn Awakening
- To Come Of Age
- Black Polished Chrome
- Latino Chrome
- Angels And Sailors
- Stoned Immaculate
- The Movie
- Curses, Invocations
- American Night
- Roadhouse Blues
- The World On Fire
- Lament
- The Hitchhiker
- An American Prayer
- Hour For Magic
- Freedom Exists
- A Feast Of Friends
- Babylon Fading
- Bird Of Prey
- The Ghost Song
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The Doors recorded six studio albums with Jim Morrison as their singer from 1967 to 1971, hitting the charts with a series of pop songs that were at least as good as Tommy James and the Shondells. On their albums, they indulged in Morrison's pretentious obsessions that included extended pieces about Oedipal complexes and the end of the world. Those obsessions have been exaggerated by The Doors myth that continues to this day. This is a collection of Morrison's poetry, embellished by the surviving Doors several years after the fact. That the live rendition of "Roadhouse Blues" is the only noteworthy selection should tell you what you need to know about the poetry. --Rob O'ConnorCustomer Reviews:
Rob O'Connor?.......2007-07-07
An American Poet.......2007-02-13
Do not expect a standard story with a narrative arc. "An American Prayer" is better heard as a cohesive mood that begs to be played in one sitting on a moonless night with a solitary candle. To explore the nightmare terrain, Morrison pens words the F.C.C. would not allow for public broadcast; nonetheless the word choice, for the most part, is effective and essential despite the vulgarity. At times the poetry can be trite as the following line from the title poem, "An American Prayer." "Do you know we are ruled by T.V." But more often the words are compelling for its imagery like the following gem from the title poem. "Death makes angels of us all & gives us wings where we had shoulders smooth as raven's claws." The fallen world Morrison ushers the listener into is one full of confusion, madness, random acts of violence, sex and sudden death.
"An American Prayer" does contain a murderer on the loose ("The Hitchhiker") and it is Morrison himself. Dead Indian souls are ready to possess Morrison's childhood mind in "Newborn Awakening." Barely above a whisper, Morrison says, "Indians scattered on dawn's highway bleeding/Ghosts crowd the young child's fragile eggshell mind." Morrison's melancholic thoughts speak of a poet not well-adjusted. Morrison's voice is clear, but also has a worn edge to it. This is no surprise when you consider Morrison had become overweight, suffered a fallout and conviction from a 1969 Miami concert (Morrison is found guilty of profanity and exposing himself), and had countless paternity suits plaguing the end of his life.
In "Stoned Immaculate," Morrison pleads, "Let me tell you about heartache and the loss of god,/Wandering, wandering in hopeless night." And then later asks in "Lament," "Could any hell be more horrible than now and real?" It is hard to argue with him after this beautiful tour of discord ends.
Bohdan Kot
Jim Morrison, The Poet.......2007-02-12
If you are a Doors fan, you should hear this.......2007-01-07
"I touched her thigh and death smiled.".......2006-06-28
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